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1867/67 1C, RBMS63RB

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Eagle Eye Photo Seal
Snow 1a 1867, 67/67 (n), reverse die crack from arrow nock.
This is one of the top repunched dates in the Indian
Cents series. In addition to being a bold “naked eye”
variety, it is very scarce within this semi-key date year.
It garners a significant premium in all grades. It is virtually
unknown in full red color. Planchets used for this
variety typically exhibit a streaky woodgrain toning.
This woodgrain look, while not unappealing, condems
the coin from the outset as never being able to be graded
as a full red.
The variety was first reported by Q. David Bowers
in his Empire Topics (no. 5) in 1959. Initially it was
believed that the repunching was done with two different
digit punches - a large date over small date. However
after careful study by Fly-In Club co-founder, Larry
Steve and others, it was decided that the initial punching
was squeezed to appear smaller by the second, stronger
impression. It was also observed that the initial punching
was highly skewed in relation to the plane of the die
face, which is why there is not repunching visible under
the 18. {65RD, 65RB, 65RB, 65RB, 65RB, 64RD}